Knowing what at AOL can do as an organization, we are emboldened to do even more this year. Our goal as a national team is to double our impact and raise $100K as a team, named "AOL+HuffPost: Cycle for Impact."

Today is being touted as a day for giving. Know that there is absolutely something you can do to make a difference. We ALL can make a difference!

Over the past few months, more than 200 emerging leaders from around the country competed for a shot at one of 15 Millennial Impact Grants, totaling $...

After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two days set aside for getting deals, it's worthwhile to have a day devoted to giving back. Giving Tuesday and World AIDS Day on Saturday are about using all the tools at our disposal to spotlight the ways people are giving back and widening the circle of our concern.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have a third act, and it’s called Giving Tuesday. The nationwide initiative, launched by New York's 92 Street Y an...

What determines a child's worth? Where they were born or the income they produce? Today, the average cost of a child slave is $90.

So, how do donors decide which of the 1 million charities in existence are deserving of their goodwill?

You trust your financial institution with your retirement money so you should have that same trust in those who receive your philanthropic dollars. But how do you know?

On the heels of a hard-fought election cycle, it's hard not to reflect what divides us, but so much more unites us. I can't think of a better time to rally around an ideal that we all can agree on -- the importance of giving.

We help not just for the difference it makes in others' lives, but also because of the difference it makes in our own. Seize the feelings you get when you help others, nurture them and make them a 365-day-a-year experience.

Let's stop patronizing young people who form the growing majorities in so many countries of the world. And let's start helping them with their initiatives. Young professionals are not our hope for tomorrow. They are our need for today.

This Giving Tuesday, I challenge you to take what you saved and buy your loved ones alternative gifts that really make an impact. Use our Black Friday Savings Calculator to figure out how your savings can be translated into life-changing gifts. It's money well spent.

A few years ago, I decided to engage my children in my year-end giving and created a system that has worked well to educate them about issues, our community and philanthropy.

Poverty is a complicated problem, its causes so multiple and interconnected that trying to solve it often seems like an impossible Rubik's Cube of a task.

Poverty is a complicated problem, its causes so multiple and interconnected that trying to solve it often seems like an impossible Rubik's cube of a task. But finding a solution to poverty is exactly what humanitarian groups like Catholic Relief Services try to do every day.

As Americans sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, many families traditionally share what they're thankful for. As part of the Save the Children family, I've been lucky to see thankfulness in the faces of the families we work with here in the United States and around the world.

Whether it be rope pumps or rainwater harvesting systems or sand dams, technological solutions must be paired with education and investment by local community members in order for projects to be sustainable.

What if you could do something this #GivingTuesday to help eliminate malnutrition? Bread for the World urges you to get the facts and give a child a better start in life.

This Election Tuesday, I celebrate our American tradition of exercising the right to vote. While there will certainly be a lot of talk about voter tur...

The holidays hit us all differently. There are so many emotions running rampant: excitement, cheer, faith, nostalgia, gratitude, anxiety and even frustration. Those feelings are contagious. As we know, our moods can be the gift that keeps on giving to those around us during the holiday season.

This November 27th will be the first #givingtuesday in America (and perhaps elsewhere), a new national day focused on getting everyone -- individuals and organizations alike -- to make a fresh commitment to give.